City vs city
Santa Maria vs Santa Ynez, CA
Santa Ynez currently scores 1 points higher overall than Santa Maria, with the largest gap in flood.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Santa Maria: 25/100 · Santa Ynez: 26/100
Santa Ynez is 1 points higher.
Flood
Santa Maria: 41/100 · Santa Ynez: 30/100
Santa Maria is 11 points higher.
Santa Maria: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Santa Ynez: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Santa Maria: 2/100 · Santa Ynez: 2/100
No gap.
Santa Maria: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Santa Ynez: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Santa Maria: 0/100 · Santa Ynez: 0/100
No gap.
Santa Maria: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Santa Ynez: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Santa Maria: 4/100 · Santa Ynez: 0/100
Santa Maria is 4 points higher.
Santa Maria: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Ynez: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Santa Maria: 0/100 · Santa Ynez: 0/100
No gap.
Santa Maria: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Santa Ynez: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Santa Maria: Unavailable · Santa Ynez: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Santa Maria: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Santa Ynez: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Santa Maria: 63/100 · Santa Ynez: 59/100
Santa Maria is 4 points higher.
Santa Maria: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Santa Ynez: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Santa Maria: 14/100 · Santa Ynez: 14/100
No gap.
Santa Maria: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Santa Ynez: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.